I, Brenda Isabeles-Chaves, am a 17 year-old teenage girl that was born in Vallejo, California but was raised in Napa, California. I come from a family of four. My parents were born and raised in Mexico in a place called Tuxpan, Jalisco. Then there is my younger brother, whom I tend to always fight with. Even though I only have one sibling, I have cousins that over the years I have come to consider as siblings. I come from a family that has its ups and downs like any other, but at the end of the day we all come together as one. Looking back into my elementary and middle school years, I notice that I have changed my choices for future careers so many times. I have gone from wanting to be a teacher, to a veterinarian, to a
